Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
708
FNUS74 KLIX 071757
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Grand Isle Block 59 Release INLAND...NOAA
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1257 PM CDT Thu May 7 2026
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
A weak front will sink southward into the waters and stall over the
region on Thursday leading to variable winds of 5 to 15 knots. By
Friday, the weak front will dissipate and southeast winds of 10 to
15 knots will return, continuing into Sunday. Another frontal
boundary will move into the waters Sunday, bringing northerly winds
to the waters for early next week.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........90 percent.
Max apparent temp...77.
Surface winds (kts).East winds around 7 knots.
Transport winds.....North around 8 mph shifting to the northeast
late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast around 4 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......0.9 increasing to 1.1 late in the afternoon,
then decreasing to 0.8 late in the afternoon
decreasing to 0.7 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 7 mph shifting to the
east late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........78 71 77 60
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10
Temp............76 77 77 77
RH..............97 94 90 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..76 77 77 77
20 FT wind dir..NNE ENE E E
20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.9 9 10 9
SFC wnd dir.....NNE ENE E E
SFC wnd spd kts.7 7 7 7
SFC wnd gst.....9 9 10 9
Transp wind dir.NW N NE NE
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8
Trans wind dir..NW N NE NE
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4
Wave period (s).2 1 1 1
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...0.9 1.1 0.8 0.7
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Max apparent temp...78.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 6 to 8 knots.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 8 mph shifting to the east 8 to
9 mph overnight.
Transport winds m/s.East 3 to 4 meters/second.
Wave height.........Less than 1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......0.7 increasing to 1.3 early in the evening,
then increasing to 1.8 late in the evening
decreasing to 0.8 overnight decreasing to 0.7
decreasing to 0.6 after 3 am decreasing to 0.4.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 8 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........72 77 70 71 73 62 66 62 69 78 85 77
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76
RH..............90 94 91 94 94 90 94 90 90 90 94 94
Aparnt tmp (F)..77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76
20 FT wind dir..E E E ENE E E E E ESE ESE E E
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9
20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 12 13
SFC wnd dir.....E E E ENE E E E E ESE ESE E E
SFC wnd spd kts.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8
SFC wnd gst.....9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 12 13
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE ENE ENE E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
Trans wind dir..NE NE NE ENE ENE E E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave period (s).1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Wave height (ft)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ceiling (kft)...0.7 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the morning.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........94 percent.
Max apparent temp...77.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 10 to 13 knots shifting to the
10 to 11 knots late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 12 to 15 mph shifting to the southeast 13
to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.East around 5 meters/second shifting to the
southeast around 6 meters/second late in the
afternoon.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Wave period.........2 SECONDS.
CEILING (KFT).......0.4 increasing to 0.5 late in the morning, then
increasing to 0.6 late in the morning
decreasing to 0.4 late in the morning
increasing to 0.6 decreasing to 0.5 early in
the afternoon increasing to 0.6 increasing to
0.7 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 10 to 14 mph shifting to the
southeast 10 to 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms early in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88 89 85 82 81 78 78 82 82 82 84 69
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30
Temp............76 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77
RH..............94 94 94 97 94 97 94 97 97 97 94 94
Aparnt tmp (F)..76 76 76 75 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..12 13 13 14 14 15 14 14 13 13 13 12
20 FT wind gust.15 16 16 17 17 18 17 17 16 16 16 15
SFC wnd dir.....E E E E E ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE
SFC wnd spd kts.10 11 11 12 12 13 12 12 11 11 11 10
SFC wnd gst.....15 16 16 17 17 18 17 17 16 16 16 15
Transp wind dir.E E E E E ESE SE ESE SE SSE SE SSE
Transp wind spd.12 13 13 14 14 15 14 14 13 14 14 13
Trans wind dir..E E E E E ESE SE ESE SE SSE SE SSE
Trans spd (m/s).5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wave period (s).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceiling (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
$$
Forecaster...LISNEY
Requested by...Brandi Todd
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2613000.1/LIX
.DELDT 05/07/26
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